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CESAR GORRON, OF LYONS, FRANCE.

APPARATUS FOR DYEING, Sec.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,834, dated July 26,1898.

Application filed February 23, 1898. S ri l No- 6'71,300. (N model.)

Like in Hanks, (for which I have received Letters Patent in France, No.269,400, filed August 6, 1897; in Switzerland, filed December 1, 1897,and in Germany, filed December 4, 1897,)of which the following isaspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for dyeing,finishing, mordanting, washing, and steaming yarns, threads, and thelike in hanks. The apparatus which forms the object of the inventionintroduces to the dyeing industry the realization of an improved methodwhich permits of the interior of the yarn, thread, or the likebeingopened by the liquid or products employed being projected onto thehanks and which enables all the operations of dyeing to be successivelycontinued over vats placed under the apparatus by the hanks being movedme chanically by a combined opening and reciprocating movement. Thisimproved method has the advantage of presenting to the trade a threadprepared in a very special manner, whereby it assimilates perfectlymordants, catechu or cutch, sumacs, and, speaking generally, allproducts employed in black dyeing, color dyeing, and finishing.

The apparatuswill now be described,with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Fi ure 1 is a lon itudinal elevation artl D D J insection, of the left-hand portion of the apparatus; Fig. 1, alongitudinal elevation, partly in section, of the correspondingrighthand portion; Fig. 2, a transverse section on the line 1 2 of Fig.1; Fig. 3, a plan view of the left-hand portion shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3,a plan view of the corresponding righthand portion shown in Fig. 1; Fig.4, a detail view on an enlarged scale, showing in longitudinal sectionthe construction of the hank-carriers employed in this apparatus; Fig.5, a transverse section on the line 3 4 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a plan view,partly in section,

showinga modification of construction of the hank-carriers shown in thepreceding figures; and Fig. 7, a transverse section of anothermodification of the arrangement of eccentric hank-carriers enabling theliquids or other products employed to be simultaneously projected intothe interior and onto the exterior of the hanks.

The same letters of reference refer to similar parts in the differentfigures.

The apparatus is composed of two vats A and B, in which there are placedliquids of a suitable nature or other products forming baths in whichthe hanks must be immersed.

Between these two vats and in the center of the apparatus is placed ahydraulic lift 0, the plunger D of which supports a longitudinalreciprocating tank or collecting-chest E, which by means of acentrifugal pump F and suitable flexible pipes G, communicatingtherewith, receives at the right-hand side the liquid or other productfrom the vats intended for the operations.

Instead of causing the liquid from the vats to flow into one end of thereciprocating tank or collecting-chest E it may also be caused to enterat its center or near its center, which has then the advantage ofproducing a better equilibrium of pressure over the length of the chestE.

The chest E, as may be seen in Fig. 2, sup ports tubes H, engaged instuffing-boxes I, which form a joint at each side. The liquid from thecollecting-chest enters these tubes 11 by openings 1', which are formedin the center of these tubes and spreads in their interior at each sideup to their ends.

At each end and outside the reciprocating tank or collecting-chest E thetubes H, which are perforated with a certain number of holes 9", (seeFigs. 4 and 5,) support triangular hankcarriers J, fixed on the saidtubes H by nuts K, which also form joints at the ends. Thesehank-carriers J receive into their interior, by means ofthe pipes H, theproducts of the vats A and B and project such products energeticallyonto thehanks by means of three series of small holes 8, distributedlongitudinally along them.

The pipes H and the hank-carriers J are which communicate to themsuccessively and revoluble and are actuated by gear-wheels L,

alternately a rotary movement to right and left. The movement isimparted to these tubes II and the hank-carriers J by a worm-wheel M,placed on the tube H which lies in the center of the machine, the saidwheel being actuated by an endless screw N, mounted on a longitudinalshaft 0, supported by the collecting-chest E. At the end of this shaft agear-wheel P (see Fig. 1) is mounted, which engages with a similargear-wheel Q of the reversible driving-gear only when the chest E is inits lowermost position, which is shown in Fig. 2 and indicated at P inFig. 1, in which position the hanks are immersed in the contents of thevats A and B.

The driving apparatus for reversing the movement of this machine orapparatus is composed of a shaft R, on which are placed two belt-pulleysS T, revolving in opposite directions and operated, respectively, by astraight belt S and a crossed belt T. These pulleys actuate the shaft Rby means of a clutch-sleeve U, mounted on the shaft R by means of aspline, so that the clutch may be displaced longitudinally along saidshaft, while both must rotate together. According as the sleeve isengaged with one or the other of the pulleys S and T the shaft R and thewheel Q will revolve in one direction or the other. On this shaft R anendlessscrew V is mounted, actuating a wheel X, mounted and keyed on atransverse shaft X. A lever Y, carrying two stop-catches y, is mountedon this shaft X, and a counterweighted lever Z, also mounted on theshaft X, engages alternately the two catches y. This lever Z is actuatedby a plate WV, carrying two pins '1). The lever Y, by means of a link a,actuates a lever 17, mounted on a transverse shaft d, carrying a fork c,which actuates the clutch sleeve U. In this manner, the sleeve U beingengaged with one. pulley, the endless screw V will cause the wheel X torotate, and with it the plate W, keyed on the same shaft X. This plate,by means of one of the pins "0, then raises the counterweighted lever Z,and the latter when it has passed beyond the vertical (after about eightrevolutions) falls down itself onto the other catch y and carries itwith it, thus causing the lever Y to shift in the opposite direction,thereby actuating the clutch-sleeve U and causing it to engage with theother pulley. This fresh engagement of the sleeve then produces a changein the movement of the shaft R and the wheel Q, and consequently of thewhole apparatus. Any other suitable arrangement for reversing themovement may of course be employed. An eccentric f, actuating a pump j,is also mounted on the said shaft B, said pumpj being mounted on thesame frame as the driving-gear, and the base j of this frame serving asa tank for the pumpj. This pump, which is provided with a safety-valveh, forces water into a distributing-box 70, provided with two valves Zand m, the valve Z closing the return to the tank of the pump j and thevalve on closing the passage to the hydraulic lift C. In thisarrangement a pipe connection 0 com municates with the pump j, and apipe connection 19 communicates with the tank j of the pump j, and apipe connection q communicates with the cylinder of the hydraulic lift0.

When the valve Z, which closes the return to the tank, is open, the pumpsends the water from the tank to the distributing-box 7t whatever may bethe position of the valve m, (whether open or closed.) Inversely, if thevalve on of the lift be opened and the valveZ (the return to the tank)be closed the pump will send water from the tank to the cylinder of thehydraulic lift 0, and consequently raise the plunger D and the wholehank-carrying apparatus. The said plunger stops after having describedits complete course, which position is shown in Figs. 1 and 1, and thesafety-valve h of the pump then comes into play. The valve 'm is thenclosed in order to keep the apparatus raised, and the valve Zis openedin order that the pump may return the water to the tank by theconnection 13. In order to cause the apparatus to descend, the valve Zbeing open, it is sufficient to open the valve m. The water of thepressure-cylinder C will then return to the tank j and the apparatuswill descend to the position shown in Fig. 2. The apparatus having beensupplied with all its hanks and started, it will be readily understoodthatthe hanks will suecessively descend and rise under the action of theplunger D, while undergoing simultaneously an opening (lisage)operation--that is to say, they will revolve intermittently in onedirection or theother on their hank-carriers J, and they will alsoreceive projected into their interior during such movement jets of thebath or solution contained in the vats A and B, which is supplied tothem through the pipes H under pressure by means of the centrifugal pumpF and the connecting-pipes G, which place the longitudinalcollectingchest E in communication with the centrifugal forcing-pump.This vigorous projection in a divided form of the liquids or other products into the hanks introduces more directly and efficaciously and in ashorter time the mordants, catechu or cutch, sumacs, and othersubstances employed in the operation of dyeing in black and colors andalso in finishing. In fact, the centrifugal pump F causes a continuouscirculation of the proclucts of the vats, while the hank-carriers Jsimultaneously dip their hanks vertically into the tanks, while they arethemselves simultaneously revolved alternately to left and right, thusproducing mechanically and automatically the ordinary opening movementsand reciprocating movement employed in dyein g by the workman,whoeffects this operation by hand. It must also be pointed out that by theuse of this machine or apparatus all the operations for treating hanksin dyeing or finishingsuch as washing,mordanting,soapscribed.

ing, treating with catechus, sumacs, dyeing, finishing, steaming, andthe liketo which they are at present subjected may be successivelyperformed in the same apparatus without necessitating the removal of thebanks simply by changing the substances in the vats. By this means agreat saving in time and labor is obtained and a superior quality ofyarn, thread, or the like is produced, because the threads thus treatedare more open and the chemical reagents penetrate therein in a betterand closer manner than has been hitherto obtained.

Instead of the hank-carriers J, hereinbefore described, which revolve onthemselves, I may employ a modification of construction, as shown inFig. 6, which enables the reciprocatory motion to be increased, thusobtaining a greater agitation of the banks in the vats and thusincreasing the penetration and the rapid action of the products of thesetanks on the threads. For this object hollow sleeves A are arranged onthe pipes H, placed in the collecting-chest E, the said hollow sleevesreceiving pipes H. In this way the products passing through the pipes Hpenetrate into the sleeves A and then into the pipes H, which areperforated with three series of small holes 'r,hereinbefore mentioned.These pipes H have at their ends two triangular plates 'm 92, eachprovided with three holes, which receive three rods or tubes r, ofbamboo, glass, or ebonite, the whole forming the complete hank-carrier.

I may also employ in the said apparatus the modification of eccentrichank-carriers shown in Fig. 7, which by the insertion between thehank-carriers J of fixed perforated tubes H, placed on thecollecting-chest E, permits of liquids or other products beingsimultaneously projected onto the outside as well as the interior of thebanks.

I declare that what I claim is-- 1. In an apparatus for dyeing,softening, steaming and finishing yarns, threads and the like thecombination with a reciprocating tank or collecting-chest, ofhank-carriers carried thereby, a hydraulic lift supporting said tank orcollecting-chest and adapted to alternately raise and lower the samethrough the medium of its plu nger, substantially as de- 2. In anapparatus for dyeing, softening, steaming and finishing yarns, threadsand the like the combination with a reciprocating thereto, a hydraulicpress adapted through the medium of its plunger to repeatedly move thebanks into and out of the vats, a pump adapted to force the liquidcontained in the vats into the movable tank or collecting-chest fromwhence it passes to the hollow hankcarriers and through them is forcedinto the banks, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus for dyeing, softening, steaming and finishing yarns,threads and the like the combination with a reciprocating tank orcollecting-chest, of hank-carriers carried thereby, vats locatedadjacent thereto, a hydraulic lift adapted through the medium of itsplunger, to impart a vertical movement to the tank or collecting-chest,a pump returning constantly under pressure the contents of the vats intothe center of the banks and means for imparting an intermittent,alternating rotary movement to the bankcarriers, substantially asdescribed.

4. In an apparatus for dyeing, softening, steaming and finishing yarns,threads and the like the combination with a reciprocating tank orcollecting-chest, of eccentric hankcarriers carried thereby, vatslocated adjacent thereto, a hydraulic lift adapted through the medium ofits plunger to impart a vertical movement to the tank orcollecting-chest to dip or agitate the hanks in the contents of thevats, a centrifugal pump adapted to force the contents of the vatsthrough the eccentric hank-carriers in a subdivided form and to spray itinto the interior of the hanks, and means for imparting an intermittentalternating rotary movement to the hank-carriers, substantially asdescribed.

5. In an apparatus for dyeing, softening, steaming and finishing yarns,threads and the like the combination with a reciprocating tank orcollecting-chest, of a hydraulic lift adapted to move the samevertically, eccentric hank-carriers carried by the collectingchest,meansfor imparting an intermittent alternating rotary movement to thesame, and means for forcing simultaneously upon the interior andexterior of the hanks a finelydivided spray of the bath or productemployed, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 3d day ofFebruary, 1898, in

the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CESAR CORRON.

Witnesses:

XAVIER JANICOT, JEAN GERMAIN.

